Focused Sector(s): Education

Project: English for Everyone (EFE)

Date and duration: September 2011 / 7 months

Location: Thai Binh Province

Beneficiaries: 80 teachers and 8,000 students from 56 schools

Problem(s)

While English was taught in both primary and high schools, usage remained low and students’ foundation in English was weak

Lack of qualified English language teachers

Intervention and Impact

Strengthened English foundation by starting at the top. Teachers from the University of Finance and Marketing were trained in the approaches and guidelines to teaching the English language recommended by the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) programme

They then trained teachers from other schools

Better standards of teaching influenced the students to practise their English, and allowed them to secure better-paying jobs.